Brazil

Brazil's tourism board says it has asked Adidas to stop selling World Cup products that use sex appeal to promote the host country.
The government agency released a statement Tuesday condemning some T-shirts that were being sold on Adidas' web site, including one which said "Lookin' to Score," with a woman in bikini in front of the word "Brazil" and an image of the Sugar Loaf mountain inRead More »

Brazil's tourism board says it has officially told FIFA and hotel operators to negotiate lowering prices during the 2014 World Cup.
The request comes just days after a study showed that room rates will be up to 500 percent more expensive during the World Cup in some hotels offered by the FIFA-appointed agency MATCH Services.
The tourism board says MATCH and the hotels need to fiRead More »